Queen:
definition from Webster Dictionary.
1
a : the wife or widow of a king
b : the wife or widow of a tribal chief
2
a : a female monarch
King:
definition from Webster Dictionary.
1.
a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by lifetenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authorityover a country and people.
2.
( initial capital letter ) God or Christ.
3.
a person or thing preeminent in its class: a king of actors.
Kings and Queens are such strong words. Words themselves represent power and ultimate authority. Since most countries do not have kings or queens nowadays, we tend to exaggerate or often parody the terms kings and queens.(e.g. drag king, drag queen)
Or when someone excel in certain area or is an expert on certain thing we call he/she King or Queen of that area or thing. Which is very different from the ruler era, because no other person could be announced as King or Queen. There should be only one King, one Queen. If we use it freely to anybody, the words themselves lose its meaning. Total authority is gone.
Personally I do not think there are no more Kings and Queens in our society. So many things have changed. People claimed their freedom and as more and more they fought for it the meaning of Kings and Queens decreased. Crowns and scepters forever belongs to the museums now. Thinking that everybody has rights decreases the meaning of kings and queens.
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